The Barn at the End of the World
The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd

This is one of those powerful, serendipitous books that I happened to pick up at precisely the right time in my life. Religion has long been a sore spot for me; as many of you know, even the most minor allusion to a positive “religious” experience (of any persuasion) has often sent me into uncontrol......more

This is one of my favorite books of all time. O'Reilly writes beautiful sentences and picks subjects and objects worth contemplating. The very short chapters make it easy to simply sit with the text a piece at a time and let each moment sink deeply in. Really a must-read for those on a path of spiri......more

I requested and received this book as a gift 2 years ago. I read about 40 pages and then for some reason I left it on the night stand with a bookmark in the place where I had stopped. I picked it up again shortly after Christmas when I was down with a respiratory infection and feeling sorry for myse......more

balancing love of the world with detachment from the world.......more